Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-30

uNu htih vi TWO men VINO COTTeSpOudCd
with the description of the men who rent,
ed the lot; did not say suspected these
men OF the murder, hut used all the ex.
erilonS | could to have them apprehended,
To- bring them back for me TO identify.
some other persons say they saw them
while they were al our house: | did moi
charge those men with the murder because
| did not Know they were guilty. In that
conversation | said if Albert Lee knew
anything about the bonds being kent in u
secret box, he knew more about il than
did, and that hc seemed to know more
about the house than anyone else: also
said that Albeit Lee had more motive to
commit the murder than had, aud be-
lieye II, too; he had been ul McWha's on
the Wednesday or Thursday before the
murder, sometime in the forenoon. / dau't
think Mr. McCIOud ever said ANYTHING
to me about Elias shoes being
found under the he'd, | heard nothing
about the shoe story and anything YOU
want To ak me about that you might as
well keep to Yourself, my memory is per
lectly fresh on that point; | never said to
HIM, 'bh! VT have gwen up the theory OF
the night MURDER have no recollection
Of saying that after left aud before night
there was lots Of time for the women to bc
murdered; | talked only short time with
hn about the murder; not more than five
minutes, nor did | say was going to prove
by Ralston that was in the orchard at
2:&o o clock and lett there at ten INMATES
till three and that would only
LEAVE TWENTY MINUTES 10 30 THE MUIR
DER,
and no one could complete it in that time;
| did not compare my watch with Mr..
Brown : at the inquest, and did not find it
twenty-five minutes faster than his; the
money was changed very shortly before |
left the house; SwOrr before the Coroner :
inquest IN substance that my wife said she
heard the bell and asked why her mother
did not answer IT,
9. Now if Mrs. Swraringer had been
there pulling the bell and had seen dark
enri windows there, when you left they
would have hceu darkrnrd also
A. Yes. They must have been, undouht-
rdlY; Mrs. McWhu never said there were
two calls at the door; my money was
stolen; among all the rest think only of
one thing that Is missing, that is a gold
chain thar belonged 10 Mrs BnwIcs
- Did these bloody burglars take any
thing hut your money, and did everything
they took belong 10 YOU
4, | have not looked over the house:
think some letters were taken, two laun-
dried shirts were missing from my trunk
81 'ar as J know that is all
Redirect examination / have never
heard Of any money Of Mrs. McWha's :
be,ug found about the house; while work
Ing aS teacher commencing AT January
/, I~Si, up to my return home the last
time, earned over four hundred dollars
IroSS-cSamined Never borrowed any
money from my second wife, aud gave any
certificates ~ security; never knew Mrs
MrWhd had made a will recently, aud |
never took any advice ar counsel concern
ing my witcS dying without will, and
nv rlghtr under that circumstance; never
wrote about it; ! never knew where Mrs.
MrWha kept her money; ! don't know
what my wilr's reasons were Tor Suggcst-
iug that her mother would change the hill
wien wns going to do it,
TINE ~ ILhN""N SESSION
opened with Ur. Reeves on the stand
lie sand. am physician from
my studies he''rNr ! an 'lp''ir
o, &'NlhS 'h "p'N'"h upon "'I'E'u
blood stains The sltrhrl, collar and
pautS were shown. and identified hy the
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vi tue N""' Ms '"'''' was presence
w. 'o' examination VIII" I "'''" p', P', y
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and then tested q clean spnt ou th, COLLAR
aud found the same result. then appli,d
the test to a ne, collarand found the same
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